Viterbese look to Stadio Enrico Rocchi supporters for inspiration before Pistoiese match

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Tue 15.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Enrico Rocchi (5460 seats)

Crucial fight in the cellar of the Serie C: Girone B, with both Viterbese and Pistoiese undergoing more stress than glee. This fixture is a real "six-pointer" with the hosting team positioned 18th and the guests in 17th spot.

Insights:
  • Viterbese have the fewest points (11) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Pistoiese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Viterbese form and stats

With 2 Serie C: Girone B wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Viterbese, who have the fewest points (11) at home in Serie C: Girone B, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Viterbese are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Enrico Rocchi with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Gubbio match.

Viterbese drew their last game, 2-2 away at Ancona (placed 6th).

Preceding that match was the home game against Lucchese that was lost 0-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Viterbese have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost five.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Viterbese as they are travelling to their away game against Pontedera in the Serie C: Girone B. That match is four days after this one.

Viterbese aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Enrico Rocchi in the league, with only 14 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Viterbese have conceded 25 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Pistoiese form and stats

Pistoiese have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone B, after 2-5-8 (15 played). Pistoiese has drawn their two previous away games.

Home advantage was not enough for Pistoiese in their previous game as they lost hosting Cesena, 0-1.

Before that, Pistoiese travelled to Montevarchi and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Pistoiese are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, three draws and ten defeats. From a total of 18 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fermana in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pistoiese as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. Pistoiese have conceded 27 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Pistoiese - Viterbese 2-1. Last five meetings between these contenders: Viterbese won one, Pistoiese were winners in two and we saw two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ViterbeseE. Volpicelli
E. Volpicelli
11 goals
PistoieseM. Vano
M. Vano
9 goals

Viterbese missing players

Pistoiese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Viterbese Pistoiese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 4 Played P 5 15 31
5 2 0 Won W 0 2 6
12 5 1 Drew D 3 5 10
14 9 3 Lost L 2 8 15
32 14 2 Scored S 4 13 29
43 25 7 Conceded C 10 27 45
81% 81% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
58% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 71%
42% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 33% 35%
29% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 19%
19% 19% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 13%
42% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 80% 47% 42%
32% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 29%
45% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 20% 40% 42%
 
4.1 4.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 4
4.5 4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.4
2.8 2.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.5
5 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.5 11.8 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 6.9 8.7
4.2 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.6
25% 20% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 23% 24%
 
8.6 9.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.8 10.6
3.4 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.5 4.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Pistoiese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Viterbese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Viterbese have the fewest points (11) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Viterbese have the most conceded goals (25) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Viterbese have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Serie C: Girone B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Modena 31 23 5 3 55 21 15 11 2 2 28 11 16 12 3 1 27 10 34 74
2 Reggiana 31 20 9 2 55 18 16 12 4 0 33 7 15 8 5 2 22 11 37 69
3 Cesena 31 16 10 5 42 22 16 9 6 1 25 9 15 7 4 4 17 13 20 58
4 Virtus Entella 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 10 3 2 31 11 16 5 5 6 22 23 19 53
5 Pescara 31 14 11 6 46 34 15 7 6 2 24 16 16 7 5 4 22 18 12 53
6 Ancona 31 13 8 10 52 41 16 8 3 5 26 23 15 5 5 5 26 18 11 47
7 Gubbio 31 10 13 8 42 34 15 8 6 1 28 11 16 2 7 7 14 23 8 43
8 Vis Pesaro 31 10 11 10 30 40 16 7 4 5 15 18 15 3 7 5 15 22 -10 41
9 Lucchese 31 9 12 10 29 30 16 6 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 9 16 -1 39
10 Pontedera 31 11 6 14 34 45 16 7 4 5 23 21 15 4 2 9 11 24 -11 39
11 Carrarese 31 8 14 9 31 40 15 7 6 2 23 13 16 1 8 7 8 27 -9 38
12 Siena 31 9 8 14 35 37 16 7 4 5 22 16 15 2 4 9 13 21 -2 35
13 Olbia 31 9 8 14 35 42 15 6 2 7 18 19 16 3 6 7 17 23 -7 35
14 Montevarchi 31 9 7 15 32 49 15 6 5 4 22 18 16 3 2 11 10 31 -17 34
15 Fermana 31 7 12 12 24 36 15 5 8 2 16 13 16 2 4 10 8 23 -12 33
16 Teramo 31 8 9 14 31 51 15 4 4 7 13 23 16 4 5 7 18 28 -20 33
17 Pistoiese 31 6 10 15 29 45 16 4 5 7 16 18 15 2 5 8 13 27 -16 28
18 Viterbese 31 5 12 14 32 43 16 2 5 9 14 25 15 3 7 5 18 18 -11 27
19 Imolese 31 6 11 14 32 44 16 3 6 7 18 20 15 3 5 7 14 24 -12 27
20 Grosseto 31 4 12 15 26 39 15 2 8 5 13 11 16 2 4 10 13 28 -13 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Modena 31 23 5 3 55 21 15 11 2 2 28 11 16 12 3 1 27 10 34 74
2 Reggiana 31 20 9 2 55 18 16 12 4 0 33 7 15 8 5 2 22 11 37 69
3 Cesena 31 16 10 5 42 22 16 9 6 1 25 9 15 7 4 4 17 13 20 58
4 Virtus Entella 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 10 3 2 31 11 16 5 5 6 22 23 19 53
5 Pescara 31 14 11 6 46 34 15 7 6 2 24 16 16 7 5 4 22 18 12 53
6 Ancona 31 13 8 10 52 41 16 8 3 5 26 23 15 5 5 5 26 18 11 47
7 Gubbio 31 10 13 8 42 34 15 8 6 1 28 11 16 2 7 7 14 23 8 43
8 Vis Pesaro 31 10 11 10 30 40 16 7 4 5 15 18 15 3 7 5 15 22 -10 41
9 Lucchese 31 9 12 10 29 30 16 6 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 9 16 -1 39
10 Pontedera 31 11 6 14 34 45 16 7 4 5 23 21 15 4 2 9 11 24 -11 39
11 Carrarese 31 8 14 9 31 40 15 7 6 2 23 13 16 1 8 7 8 27 -9 38
12 Siena 31 9 8 14 35 37 16 7 4 5 22 16 15 2 4 9 13 21 -2 35
13 Olbia 31 9 8 14 35 42 15 6 2 7 18 19 16 3 6 7 17 23 -7 35
14 Montevarchi 31 9 7 15 32 49 15 6 5 4 22 18 16 3 2 11 10 31 -17 34
15 Fermana 31 7 12 12 24 36 15 5 8 2 16 13 16 2 4 10 8 23 -12 33
16 Teramo 31 8 9 14 31 51 15 4 4 7 13 23 16 4 5 7 18 28 -20 33
17 Pistoiese 31 6 10 15 29 45 16 4 5 7 16 18 15 2 5 8 13 27 -16 28
18 Viterbese 31 5 12 14 32 43 16 2 5 9 14 25 15 3 7 5 18 18 -11 27
19 Imolese 31 6 11 14 32 44 16 3 6 7 18 20 15 3 5 7 14 24 -12 27
20 Grosseto 31 4 12 15 26 39 15 2 8 5 13 11 16 2 4 10 13 28 -13 24

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Serie C is the third highest level in the Italian football league. It is divided into three geographical divisions; North East, North West and South. These are often referred to as Girone (or group) A, B, C. Each group holds 20 teams who play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table.